Swinging barrel-support



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J. H. GAMBLE.

SWINGING BARREL SUPPORT- No. 444,978. Patented Jan; 20,1891.

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JAMES H. GAMBLE, OF MERRIMAG, \VISCONSIN.

SWINGING BARREL-SUPPORT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 444,978, dated January 20, 1891.

Application filed July 1, 1890, Serial No. 357,461. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, :IAMES H. GAMBLE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Men rimac, in the county of Sank and State of Visconsin, have invented a new and useful Swing-Jacket, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to packing and storing vessels, and more particularly to the swing jackets and stands used for supporting barrels or other vessels beneath a counter; and the object of the same is to effect improvements upon devices of this same general character heretofore existing.

lVith this end the invention consists in the specific details of construction hereinafter more fully described, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a rear elevation of a section of a counter, showing the barrel-stand in position therein as used for the barrel. Fig.2 is a plan view of the same With the barrel-stand and barrel swung out. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the barrel-stand detached. Fig. 4 is a perspective detail of the upper and lower bearings preferably used for the tips of the staif.

Referring to the said drawings, the letter C designates the counter, which may be of any ordinary construction. To the under side of the top of this counter is preferably secured a U-shaped upper bearing U, and to the floor beneath the same is secured the lower bearing L, such bearings being of construction best seen in Fig. 4.

S is a staff having reduced extremes which fit in said bearings, as will be readily understood, and to the lower end of this staff is secured a hook H, as shown. The body of the staff is preferably square, and over this body is passed the removable hook M, which is composed of a square rod bent so as to fit against the two sides and the rear face of the staff, so that it can be moved vertically but not axially thereon. The sides of the hook extend for some distance forward of the staff and are provided withupwardly-bent ends E, whose extremities are bent again downwardly to form hooks h.

In assembling the parts of this improved swing-jacket the chine of a barrel E is inserted in the lower hook H, the removable hook M is placed around and slid downwardly upon the staff S, and the upper hooks 7?. passed over the upper chine. In this position the bilge of an ordinarily-shaped barrel will strike the staff about midway between the upper and lower hooks. Longer or shorter barrels can be similarly clamped by adj usting the upper hook vertically, as will be clear; but it sometimes occurs that a barrel having very little bilge (for instance, one containing nails) is to be mounted on the stand. In such event, or when it is desired to tighten the upper hook on the barrel illustrated, the inner end of the hook M is borne downwardly, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1. This movement draws the hooked extremities h toward the staff S, as they cannot move downwardly, because they are held by the upper chine, and the barrel is thereby drawn inwardly, as desired. The upper square corner of the hook M embeds the rear face of the staff, and it is thereby held in position by the weight of the barrel. If the barrel have no bilge whatever, the hook M may be inverted and the ends E will engage the upper chine. As these ends stand much nearer the staff than the extremities 7b, the barrel will be held very close to said staff, as will be clear. The reduced lower end of the staff S is then seated in the lower bearing L, the reduced upper end of the staff is passed around behind and intothe upper bearing U, and the weight of the barrel and its contents will draw the upper end of the staff in the said upper bearing and hold it in place therein. The barrel is then swung beneath the counter, as shown in Fig. l, but may be swung out, as shown in Fig. 2, when it is desired to have access thereto for the purpose of removing a portion of its contents.

IIaving thus described my invention, I claim In a barrel-stand, the combination, with the vertical rectangular staff S, turning in bearings at its ends, of the fixed hook H near the lower end of said staff and the remov able hook M, sliding on the staff, said movable my own I have hereto affixed my signature in hook consisting of a square rod bent around presence of two witnesses. the rear face and sides of the staff, extenrl I ing thence forwardly, and having upturned JAMES H. GAMBLE. 5 ends E, with downturned hooked extremities Witnesses:

h, as and for the purpose set forth. M. M. GAMBLE,

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as J. TOWERS. 

